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Surfaces

see also Curves, Minimal Surfaces

Coolidge, Julian Lowell. A History of the Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces. New York: Dover, 1968. $?.

Gallier, Jean H. Curves and Surfaces for Geometric Design: Theory and Algorithms. New York: Academic Press, 1999. 512 p. $74.95.

books.gif Gray, Alfred. Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998. 1056 p. Nice book containing accessible account of surfaces, curvature, etc. Notation is cumbersome and Mathematica code unduly verbose, but at least decipherable. 1053 p. $84.95.

Lancaster, Peter and Salkauskas, Kestutis. Curve and Surface Fitting: An Introduction. London: Academic Press, 1986. $39.95.

Laurent, Pierre-Jean; Le Mehaute, Alain; and Schumaker, Larry L. Curves and Surfaces. New York: Academic Press, 1991. $49.95.

books.gif von Seggern, David. CRC Standard Curves and Surfaces. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1993. 416 p. $51.95.

books.gif Rovenski, Vladimir. Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with MAPLE. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, 2000. 310 p. ISBN:0817640746. $?.

books.gif Yamaguchi, Fujio. Curves and Surfaces in Computer Aided Geometric Design. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988. 378 p. $158.95.

Zangwill, Andrew. Physics at Surfaces. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. 454 p. $?.



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